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MOORHEAD – A Sabin man, who authorities say was driving despite having his driver’s license cancelled, pleaded not guilty Thursday, Aug. 9, to charges of criminal vehicular homicide and second-degree manslaughter in the death of a 2-year-old boy. The driver, Jeremy James Sagvold, 42, requested a jury trial, according to Clay County District Court records. A date for his next court appearance has not been set.

FARGO — Before the snow melts and exposes a winter's worth of litter, City Commissioner John Strand wants Fargo to be talking about ways to reduce its use of plastic shopping bags. While campaigning last spring, Strand floated the idea of a possible ban on plastic bags and non-biodegradable take-out food containers in order to curb waste and beautify the city. Strand, who's been in office since July, says he still would like Fargo to somehow encourage the use of re-useable shopping bags and earth-friendly food containers.

KINDRED, N.D. — More than a year ago, a Kindred school bus full of fourth graders on a field trip collided with a semi on a state highway shrouded in heavy fog. With visibility severely limited, three more semis plowed into the wreckage. The students and truck drivers were not seriously hurt, but the bus driver, 64-year-old Cathryn Jostad of Kindred, had to be hospitalized. Her legs were amputated, and she died from her injuries a week after the Sept. 25, 2015, crash.

MOORHEAD — The Moorhead school bus driver who is accused of using a racial slur as he abandoned about 20 students in the city's industrial park has been fired, according to the company that employed him.

FARGO — Throughout North Dakota's court system, officials are looking to eliminate about 40 district court positions, including the two judicial referees based here. If Fargo loses referees Scott Griffeth...

FARGO — A new state-funded voucher program is meant to give North Dakota residents struggling with addiction the option of receiving drug and alcohol treatment from a private provider close to home. But for now, the program's success hinges on whether more treatment providers will decide to start accepting patients with vouchers.